Kazakhstan has resumed production of Hyundai Solaris cars (known in the local market as Accent) thanks to suppliers from four countries. informs portal Kolesa.kz.
Production of Hyundai Accent together with the Creta crossover at the Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan plant was suspended in August this year due to the lack of components – previously, car kits for the Almaty enterprise were produced in St. It was supplied from St. Petersburg.
Now the plant receives components for assembly from Russia, China, India and South Korea. Astana Motors said that Accent cars from the first batch of goods have already made their way to car dealerships. It was not specified which companies supply components from the Russian Federation.
“According to Denis Kolomatsky, Hyundai’s official distribution manager in Kazakhstan, the company looks forward to long-term cooperation with new suppliers and plans to gradually increase Accent’s production volumes,” the report says.
So far, the Hyundai Accent is available in a single configuration with a 1.6-liter engine (123 hp) and automatic transmission. The equipment list includes an audio system with a 5-inch screen, an SOS button, two airbags, air conditioning, heated front seats and heated mirrors. The height of the steering column and the position of the cloth seats can be adjusted manually. The proposed cost is 9.9 million tenge (about 1.4 million rubles at the current exchange rate).
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